Ask HN: How To Get a Job in Robotics

I am 24 with a degree in mechanical engineering. After working 2 years in the field and realizing that a majority of the field has horrible working conditions, I've decided to leave the mechanical engineering field and learn programming. What influenced my decision is that I love problem solving, I can visualize all the components and how they al come together so solve overall problems, and analyzing numbers/interpretting large data sets gets me hot and heavy. One of my last projects included working with a Raspberry Pi and using various inputs to dictate outputs based off of various constraints and conditions and I really enjoyed everything about it. As far as experience goes, I'm a little rough considering I've only been in the game for about 6 months. I know SQL/JS/CSS/HTML, a good amount of PHP, and Python is what I'm currently tackling. When it comes to the comand line I stumble, but I manage my way around. I've also been taking CS/algorithm classes on Coursera(le big-O, etc.). SO for my question. I really want to make my way towards robotics. What skills would I need to pick up to get there? Once I have aqcuired these skills, how can I get my foot in the door? Where are places I can look to get that entry position? It seems everywhere I look all the jobs are directed towards normal development jobs and haven't been seeing any posting at all for positions in robotics.